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| Community Tasting Notes (average 87.3 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 24 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by fred o. on 2/19/2018 & rated 90 points: Golden with slightest slate gray tinge. Nose oily lemon. Palate strong mineral wet stone, good lemon/golden citrus, dry, hint of lemon curd creamy texture, pronounced acidity, very good with food. Very nice QPR (1687 views) | | | Tasted by GTFreek on 10/10/2016: Blind tasted. I was off, said Riesling. (1763 views) | | | Tasted by the godfather on 9/18/2016: Best bottle yet (1710 views) | | | Tasted by the godfather on 9/11/2016: So good (1678 views) | | | Tasted by the godfather on 9/2/2016: Delicious wine (924 views) | | | Tasted by the godfather on 9/2/2016: Every bottle gets better (1658 views) | | | Tasted by propapapa on 8/16/2016 & rated 82 points: Nose: a bit of chalk and yeast, but lots of lemon and a bit of Apple. Don't love the nose. It's fine.
Palate: pretty dense citrus. Has that kinda heavy blanketing "basic white wine" lemon flavor. Not a huge fan. Just meh. And not very Chablis like. (578 views) | | | Tasted by the godfather on 8/12/2016: delicious wine (635 views) | | | Tasted by qcwino on 8/9/2016: I agree with TannicBeasts's review. Good daily sipper and only $16. (672 views) | | | Tasted by TannicBeast on 7/30/2016 & rated 89 points: Tasted blind. Clear, bright, medium intensity straw, with green and silver hues, medium tears. The nose is clean, medium in intensity and youthful, with green apple, green pear, tart lemon pith, lime, green herbs, crushed rock and flinty limestone. The palate is dry, with medium (+) acidity and medium alcohol (12.5%). The palate is consistent with the nose and also shows some bready, yeasty flavors, perhaps from aging on the lees. No sign of oak. This is a classic, cool climate, Old World, youthful, medium-bodied, medium length, balanced Chardonnay. Drink now through 2019. (567 views) | | | Tasted by the godfather on 7/19/2016: great QPR (606 views) | | | Tasted by the godfather on 7/15/2016: good (558 views) | | | Tasted by the godfather on 6/21/2016: tasty (611 views) | | | Tasted by the godfather on 6/21/2016: yummy (647 views) | | | Tasted by Ben Christiansen on 6/7/2016: Mineral and stony and concentrated, if a bit akward on the nose. But stiff and starched on the palate. With some concentration. (658 views) | | | Tasted by the godfather on 6/6/2016: very nice qpr, highly quafable (585 views) | | | Tasted by theronware on 3/29/2016 & rated 89 points: Sea breeze and citrus on the nose and palate with some subtle honeysuckle on the back-end. Nicely balanced with good density for its level and a respectable finish. Good qpr. Will go back for more. 12.5% abv. (696 views) | | | Tasted by Burgundy Al on 3/21/2016: Les Portes d'Or de la Bourgogne - Les Grands Jours de Bourgogne (Chablis France): Tasting, brief note. Ripe orchard fruit with moderate weight and length. Good enough, best in another year or two. (1647 views) | | | Tasted by RajivAyyangar on 2/18/2016 & rated 83 points: Blinds at Californios - 5 (Californios SF): The acid was a bit weak for me. Overall decent but not a super complex or compelling Chablis.
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(blind)
visual
- clear, star-bright
- moderate yellow, reflections of gold
- no gas or sediment
- moderate viscosity
nose
- clean
- diminished intensity
- non-aromatic
- slight development - slight baked apples
- underripe apple, underripe pear
- moderate minus complexity
- no signs of oak
palate
- medium bodied
- elevated alcohol - 13% (actually 12.5%)
- elevated acid
- touch of phenolic bitterness (I think this was from oak)
- slight herbaceousness - raw cauliflower, touch of radish
- minerality - wet stones
- balanced in an acid-driven way, but there’s some weight, dry extract
- moderate complexity
- moderate plus finish
initial
- herbaceousness and structure - moderate plus acid with phenolics —> Gruner
- it would be Federspiel. No botrytis or intense florals.
- Pinot Grigio
- structure is consistent with that.
- Too neutral for Albarino
- Vegetal character on the palate takes me away from Pinot Grigio.
final
- Federspiel Gruner Veltliner (or equivalent in Kremstal/Kamptal) 2013
- actually: 2014 Long-Depaquit, Albert Bichot, Chablis.
- Don’t strain to pick up Gruner notes on a nonaromatic wine. I’m no longer nose-deaf to Gruner - I’ve drunk enough of it recently. If it’s Gruner, it should be a good example, and I’ll pick up the aromatics. I should smell terpenes and vegetal melon clearly. Even in Federspiel. (976 views) | | | Tasted by rmalloy on 12/29/2015 & rated 87 points: This is a solid Chablis with vigorous apple and citrus. Light to medium bodied. A food wine to be sure. (723 views) |
| Maison Albert Bichot Producer websiteChardonnay The Chardonnay GrapeFrance Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBurgundy Les vins de Bourgogne (Bureau interprofessionnel des vins de Bourgogne) (and in English)
Burgundy - The province of eastern France, famous for its red wines produced from Pinot Noir and its whites produced from Chardonnay. (Small of amounts of Gamay and Aligoté are still grown, although these have to be labeled differently.) The most famous part of the region is known as the Cote d'Or (the Golden Slope). It is divided into the Cote de Beaune, south of the town of Beaune (famous principally for its whites), and the Cote de Nuits, North of Beaune (home of the most famous reds). In addition, the Cote Chalonnaise and the Maconnais are important wine growing regions, although historically a clear level (or more) below the Cote d'Or. Also included by some are the regions of Chablis and Auxerrois, farther north.
Burgundy Report | Les Grands Jours de Bourgogne - na stejné téma od Heleny Baker
# 2013 Vintage Notes:
* "2013 is a vintage that 20 years ago would have been a disaster." - Will Lyons
* "low yields and highly variable reds, much better whites." - Bill Nanson
* "Virtually all wines were chaptalised, with a bit of sugar added before fermentation to increase the final alcohol level." - Jancis Robinson
# 2014 Vintage Notes:
"We have not had such splendid harvest weather for many years. This will ensure high quality (fragrant, classy and succulent are words already being used) across the board, up and down the hierarchy and well as consistently from south to north geographically apart from those vineyards ravaged by the hail at the end of June." - Clive Coates
# 2015 Vintage Notes:
"Low yields and warm weather allowed for ample ripeness, small berries and an early harvest. Quality is looking extremely fine, with some people whispering comparisons with the outstanding 2005 vintage. Acid levels in individual wines may be crucial." - Jancis Robinson
# 2017 Vintage Notes:
"Chablis suffered greatly from frost in 2017, resulting in very reduced volumes. As ever, the irony seems to be that what remains is very good quality, as it is in the Côte d’Or. Cooler nights across the region have resulted in higher-than-usual acidity, with good conditions throughout the harvest season allowing for ripe, healthy fruit." - Jancis Robinson
# 2018 Vintage Notes:
"The most successful region for red Burgundy in 2018 was the Côte de Beaune. The weather was ideal in this area, with just enough sunlight and rain to produce perfectly balanced wines naturally." - Vinfolio
Chablis Chablis (Fédération de Défense de l'Appellation Chablis) | Chablis (Burgundy Wines)
2014 Vintage Notes:
"... a hybrid of 2004/2007 and 2010. The stone, citrus and limestone amalgam is exactly what we search for in Chablis as the style harkens to a day in the Cote de Beaune proper (1960's - 1980's) when wine was not meant to be consumed the week it was released, battonage was not used by all and new oak was rarely seen ... the texture is natural and 'of the vintage' not 'of the winemaker' .... Like Sancerre or the Loire in general, 2014 in Chablis is one of those rare years with extract and transparency. It appears to be a vintage for the "neoclassic" ages and those of us intent on cellaring the most terroir-driven (but still powerful) examples of vineyard, site-place and varietal will want to invest (heavily) in the magnetic and electric 2014's." - Jon Rimmerman
2018 Vintage Notes:
"There’s not that razor sharp Chablis acidity in 2018,” says Patrick Piuze. “But there is good definition of place. The dry conditions drove vines to drink deeper down in the soil profile."
https://weinlagen-info.de/#bereich_id=58 Single vineyards on weinlagen-info James Suckling Chablis Chablis AOC (Burgundy Wines) |
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